Contribution of trees to soil carbon sequestration under agroforestry systems in the West African Sahel

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-25

  Takimoto, Asako ^a   Nair, Vimala D ^a   Nair, P K Ramachandran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

13C 12C; Fodder bank; Live fence; Mali; Parkland systems; Soil fractionation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; AGROFORESTRY; C4 PLANT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; FORESTRY PRACTICE; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL CARBON;

AFRICA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 67349185825     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-008-9179-5     Document Type: Article

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